Second-seeded N. Sriram Balaji registered a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 win over Loic Perret of Switzerland to enter the quarterfinals of the Vasan Eye Care-ITF men’s Futures tennis championship on Wednesday.
After dropping the first set, Balaji was broken in the opening game of the second, but immediately broke back.
Unforced errors at crucial cost Perret his serve in the fourth game and Balaji went on to level the match out.
The second seed broke his opponent in the third and fifth games to take a 4-1 lead in the decider. The Swiss did get a break back, but Balaji ensured there was no further let-up.
The results (second round): N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Sumit Nagal 6-7(5), 6-2, 1-1 (retd.); Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Abdullah Shaikh 6-2, 6-3; Matias Franco Descotte (Arg) bt Chandril Sood 6-4, 7-6(2); Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Anvit Bendre 6-3, 6-1; Yannick Thivant (Fra) bt Lakshit Sood 6-2, 6-2; V.M. Ranjeet bt Tejas Chaukulkar 7-5 6-3; N. Sriram Balaji bt Loic Perret (Sui) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; Ivan Gakhov (Rus) bt Antoine Michel Alexeev (Sui) 6-2, 6-3.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Kunal Anand & Ronit Singh Bisht bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Vijay Sundar Prashanth 0-6, 6-4, 11-9; Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha & P.C. Vignesh bt Chandril Sood & Lakshit Sood 6-4, 3-6, 10-7; Arun Prakash Rajagopalan & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Neeraj Elangovan & Jessy Kalambay (Sui) 6-2, 7-6(4); Anvit Bendre & Akash Wagh bt Matias Castro & Matias Franco Descotte (Arg) 6-2, 7-6(2).
